JACK JOHNSON AND THE GOLDEN SMILE, 1978

Part 1: Important Fine Art
Melbourne
27 November 2013
86

ERIC THAKE

(1904 - 1982)
JACK JOHNSON AND THE GOLDEN SMILE, 1978

oil on canvas

36.0 x 31.0 cm

signed with initials and dated lower left: ET 78
signed, dated and inscribed on label verso: Jack Johnson and the Golden Smile / Eric Thake 1978 / Johnson had all his teeth gold capped, / from a film of his arrival in Sydney 1908 / Shown on black & white T.V.

Estimate: 
$8,000 - 12,000
Provenance

Collection of Lina Bryans, Melbourne
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne